Oregon Governor Kate Brown wants to push through a major climate change bill, but farmers, ranchers, and Republicans say it will harm the ag industry. In an effort to thwart it, GOP Leaders left the legislative session, preventing discussion and voting on the bill.
The Lewis and Clark Bridge, which joins Longview and Ranier WA and spans the Columbia River into Oregon, has been temporarily closed while State Patrol troopers and a bomb squad deal with suspicious items found attached to the bridge.
Shortly before 12pm, police got reports that two backpacks strapped together were seen hanging from a support structure below the tech of the bridge...